Era of Good Feeling up to Jacksonian dem Flashcards
When and What was the Missouri Compromise?
- Missouri was to be admitted as a slave state, this would upset balance. Henry Clay suggests Maine be admitted as free state to balance. Boundary for slave states set at Missouri border, 36’30
What were 5 important contributors to the growing economy of the 1820’s?
Cotton. Eli Whitney cotton gin Fishing and Whaling Lumber Fur TRade Trade w/ spanish in Santa Fe TRail
What were 3 major contributors to the transportation revolution?
Steamboat fueled river traffic.
National road and road building
Erie canal 1825 and canal systems
What were contributions/ significance of NY becoming largest city? When?
- Packet boat helps rationalize commerce. NY dominated market for cotton, reduces south to economic colony
When and where and who was the first cotton manufacturing plant built?
Boston, 1813, Samuel Slater
What was the Lowell Labor system?
young women worked in factories and lived in dormitories w/in the mill. They earned low wages and dealt with poor conditions. Some worked for a dowry. Only worked a short time and thus did not protest the conditions.
Who was Washington Irving?
Native American writer, told folk tales and portraits of Hudson River characters
What spurred the Second GReat Awakening? What were some of its focal points?
Spurred in reaction to rationalism movement. Focused on heart felt evangelicalism, personal salvation. Women and Black people were heavily involved, strong nationalism overtones
